[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 126 (Tuesday, June 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39176-39178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14060]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 19-74]
Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Arms sales notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text
of an arms sales notification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karma Job at [email protected]
or (703) 697-8976.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-
164 dated July 21, 1996. The following is a copy of a letter to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Transmittal 19-74 with
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: June 24, 2020.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 19-74
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section
36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended
(i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of Egypt.
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment *............................... $2.0 billion
Other................................................... $ .3 billion
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Total............................................... $2.3 billion
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Eighty-eight (88) T700-GE-701D Engines (86 remanufactured, 2 spares)
Forty-seven (47) AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and
Designation Sight/AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors
(MTADS/PNVS) (43 remanufactured, 2 new, 2 spares)
Forty-five (45) AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (43 new, 2
spares) Ninety-two (92) Embedded Global Positioning Systems/Inertial
Navigation (EGI) (86 new, 6 spares)
Non-MDE: Also included are AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets, AN/APX-
119 transponders, Identify Friend or Foe (IFF), AN/APN-209 radar
altimeters, AN/ARN-149 Automatic Direction Finders, UHF/VHF radio,
tactical AN/ARC-201E radio, APR-39 Radar Warning Sets, Improved Data
Modems IDM-401, Enhanced Image Intensifiers EI2, Hellfire launchers
M299, 2.75 inch 19 tube rocket launchers, M230 automatic guns, M230
spare gun barrels, MT06 initiators, cartridge actuated JAU-59, training
devices, helmets, simulators, generators, transportation, wheeled
vehicles and organization equipment, spare and repair parts, support
equipment, tools and test equipment, technical data and publications,
personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and
contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and
other related elements of logistics support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (EG-B-VGC).
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: EG-B-UTN, EG-B-UZR, EG-B-VGO, EG-
B-VGJ, EG[dash]B[dash]VBT
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Offered, or Agreed to be
Paid: None
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained in the Defense Article or
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: See Attached Annex.
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(viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: May 7, 2020
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Egypt--AH-64E Refurbished Apache Attack Helicopters and Related
Equipment and Support
The Government of Egypt has requested to buy equipment to refurbish
forty-three (43) AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. This includes:
eighty-eight (88) T700-GE-701D engines (86 remanufactured, 2 spares);
forty-seven (47) AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and
Designation Sight/AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors
(MTADS/PNVS) (43 remanufactured, 2 new, 2 spares); forty-five (45) AAR-
57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (43 new, 2 spares); and
ninety-two (92) Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation
Systems (EGI) (86 new, 6 spares). Also included are AN/AVR-2B Laser
Detecting Sets, AN/APX-119 transponders, Identify Friend or Foe (IFF),
AN/APN-209 radar altimeters, AN/ARN-149 Automatic Direction Finders,
UHF/VHF radio, tactical AN/ARC-201E radio, APR-39 Radar Warning Sets,
Improved Data Modems IDM-401, Enhanced Image Intensifiers EI2, Hellfire
launchers M299, 2.75 inch 19 tube rocket launchers, M230 automatic
guns, M230 spare gun barrels, MT06 initiators, cartridge actuated JAU-
59, training devices, helmets, simulators, generators, transportation,
wheeled vehicles and organization equipment, spare and repair parts,
support equipment, tools and test equipment, technical data and
publications, personnel training and training equipment, U.S.
government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support
services, and other related elements of logistics support. The
estimated total cost is $2.3 billion.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national
security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a
friendly country that continues to be an important strategic partner in
the Middle East.
Egypt intends to use these refurbished AH-64 helicopters to
modernize its armed forces to address the shared U.S.-Egyptian interest
in countering terrorist activities emanating from the Sinai Peninsula,
which threaten Egyptian and Israeli security and undermine regional
stability. This sale will contribute to Egypt's military goal to update
its capability while further enhancing greater interoperability between
Egypt, the U.S., and other allies. Egypt will have no difficulty
sustaining these refurbished aircraft.
The proposed sale will not alter the basic military balance in the
region.
The principal contractors involved in this program are the Boeing
Company, Meza, AZ, and Lockheed Martin Corporation, Orlando, FL. There
are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this
potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the
assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor
representatives to Egypt.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 19-74
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section
36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act
Annex
Item No. vii
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology:
1. The highest classification of the AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter
AH-64 Apache helicopter is CONFIDENTIAL and the highest classification
of data and information is SECRET. The AH-64 Apache helicopter weapon
system contains communications and target identification equipment,
navigation equipment, aircraft survivability equipment, displays, and
sensors. The airframe itself does not contain sensitive technology;
however, the pertinent equipment listed below will be either installed
on the aircraft or included in the sale:
a. The AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation
Sight/AN/AAQ-11 Pilot Night Vision Sensor (MTADS/PNVS) provides day,
night, and limited adverse weather target information, as well as night
navigation capabilities. The PNVS provides thermal imaging that permits
nap-of-the-earth flight to, from, and within the battle area, while
TADS provides the co-pilot gunner with search, detection, recognition,
and designation by means of Direct View Optics (DVO), EI(2) television,
and Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sighting systems that may be used
singularly or in combinations.
b. The AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) detects energy
emitted by threat missiles in-flight, evaluates potential false alarm
emitters in the environment, declares validity of threat and selects
appropriate countermeasures. The CMWS consists of an Electronic Control
Unit (ECU), Electro-Optic Missile Sensors (EOMSs), and Sequencer and
Improved Countermeasures Dispenser (ICMD).
c. The AN/ APR-39 Radar Signal Detecting Set is a system that
provides warnings of radar-directed air defense threats and allows
appropriate countermeasures. This is the 1553 databus-compatible
configuration.
d. The AN/AVR-2B Laser Warning Set is a passive laser warning
system that receives, processes, and displays threat information
resulting from aircraft illumination by lasers on the multi-functional
display.
e. The Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation
System plus Multi Mode Receiver (EGI+MMR). The aircraft has two EGIs
which use internal accelerometers, rate gyro measurements, and external
sensor measurements to estimate the aircraft state, provides aircraft
flight and position data to aircraft systems. The EGI is a velocity-
aided, strap down, ring laser gyro based inertial unit. The EGI unit
also houses a GPS receiver.
2. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge
of the specific hardware and software elements, the information could
be used to develop countermeasures that might reduce weapon system
effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with similar or
advanced capabilities.
3. A determination has been made that Egypt can provide
substantially the same degree of protection of this technology as the
U.S. Government. This proposed sale is necessary in furtherance of the
U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives outlined in the
Policy Justification. Moreover, the benefits to be derived from this
sale, as outlined in the Policy Justification, outweigh the potential
damage that could result if the sensitive technology were revealed to
unauthorized persons.
4. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal has
been authorized for release and export to Egypt.
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